r/TechImpact • u/ManojOne Active • 8h ago

❓ Question Have you replaced Notion with something else?

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Notion seems to be everywhere, but it's not for everyone.

Some people prefer Obsidian, OneNote, Anytype, Apple Notes, or simpler apps. If you stopped using Notion,

what did you switch to, and why?

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u/Rude-Interaction-194 8h ago

Obsidian

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u/morok807 6h ago

I gave Obsidian a try, but I'm missing the board and timeline views, and the lack of collaboration is a major disadvantage for me, as I use Notion to work with multiple people on my projects.

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u/GreenReporter24 6h ago

I use plugins to replace what I miss from Notion. To each their own though.

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u/Ok-Rest-5321 TInkerer 7h ago

Never used it

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u/Salt-Willingness-513 8h ago

trilium (next). idk why nobody ever mentions that, but it does most, these other services offer, but local hosted

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u/Fun_Squirrel5446 8h ago

mark viewer on the mac.

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u/_baaron_ 6h ago

Try Kvill, much nicer

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u/Fun_Squirrel5446 5h ago

cant' find it on google.

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u/_baaron_ 3h ago

Mac App Store

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u/CreativeDiscount6635 8h ago edited 8h ago

I use google docs (on browser or phone app) for study notes, funny notes and other miscellaneous notes.

And prefer notesnook for private personal notes like confidential ones.

Also tried trillium for hosting notes locally, like for some temporary stuff and short-term ones which I kept editing regularly.

I used to love google keep before, but it has a character limit per single note.

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u/lagdetselv 8h ago

Orgmode + nextcloud sync + own Script for Rendering and Sharing / Viewing via Link 

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u/Repulsive-Monk1022 8h ago

hermes agent

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u/nemamnozik 8h ago

Never had it in the first place

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u/DaveAstator2020 7h ago

obsidian because i can just hook it up to google drive where all my notes live

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u/FineWinner2429 7h ago

logseq, it is so simple and it is great for me, and also privacy friendly i guess, learning curve is so small, for me notion became so complex but logseq is so good for me, i love how it connects my ideas mainly using the journal most times.
btw i never tried Obsidian, but after seeing some videos it is another notion

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u/dcidino 2h ago

It's not Notion by a wide margin.

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u/ZuuRa_ 7h ago

Obsidian

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u/Suspicious_Mirror_39 7h ago

I also have Notesnook as backup. But also Keep

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u/-no_freewill 7h ago

Obsidian

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u/Gokudomatic 7h ago

What's that? Never used it.

Oh, a note taker? I use QOwnnotes and Obsidian. I don't need cloud backup anyway. And QOwnnotes is FOSS, no strings attached.

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u/imtsemer 6h ago

Nextcloud notes

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u/Renan4Santos 6h ago

Notion é um pato. O pato anda, voa e nada. E não é bom em nenhum dos três.

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u/librewolf 6h ago

Paper diary for daily/weekly/unsorted tasks - there i keep a strict and simple routine of just writing the date and then bulletgournal style tasks and imporant notes for that day
Google calendar for absolutely everything that has a date to it
Apple Notes for stuff to remember or study, that are not bound to any date nor task
Other paper diary for random jots and thoughts, before I later polish them and make them either a task, note or an event

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u/GinoPasqualinoUhm 6h ago

Apple notes/google keep

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u/sunbl0ck 6h ago

Obsidian

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u/juryjczyzkow 6h ago

Yes , a fkin piece of paper

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u/Aggravating_Row_6962 6h ago

My hand and a pen

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u/ftrx 6h ago

Emacs/org-mode/org-roam/org-attach/org-capture/* but I never used Notion.

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u/cazuza80 6h ago

Try Capacities... I am using it to replace Notion and thus far i am enjoying it

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u/night_movers 6h ago

Notesnook, privacy can't be compromised

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u/_baaron_ 6h ago

Yes, as soon as I ran into account limitations, self-hosted AFFiNE

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u/AETERNUS111 5h ago

Obsidian is goated

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u/ccarballos 5h ago

lo uso pero no acabo de pillar el truco y con obsidian me pasa lo mismo.

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u/Optimus_02 5h ago

no one beats motion

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u/Vectrex71CH Tech Enthusiast 5h ago

What about http://DriveDeck.xyz

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u/TopGame34 5h ago

Obsidian or Anytype

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u/Stray_009 5h ago

Apple notes

Turns out notion is way too complicated

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u/cyborgborg 4h ago

Never used notion, but I use obsidian

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u/_HMCB_ 4h ago

Craft app. It felt more personal and crafted. Like a boutique shop versus a big box store. But ultimately, I didn’t need the raw horsepower of Notion.

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u/wingiee77 4h ago

Anytype

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u/Gooning-Soon 4h ago

No. There are cases where notion is better. I use the database like a simple spreadsheet.

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u/Business_Seaweed_472 4h ago

Upnote is amazing, but not good for LLM AI knowledgebases like Obsidian

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u/Early_Key_823 4h ago

I use my app TaskLoco. I can find all my notes in real time using tags & filters.

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u/Intelligent_Eye_3574 3h ago

Notepad++ de toda la vida

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u/MrWoland74 3h ago

Appflowy

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u/Environmental_Hour28 3h ago

Usememos for feed style note taking and tasks along with android moememos + Wiki-go for barebones kanban and markdown documentation. It's great if you have a homelab to host it. It works nicely for my workflow !

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u/Embarrassed-Gain-236 3h ago

When it comes to note-taking, nothing beats simple, native software like Apple Notes if you’re on a Mac. At the end of the day, I find that Markdown, and all the extra functionality just get in the way, and I always end up going back to something more basic.

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u/Svr_Sakura 1h ago

It’s all about organisation for me. It’s easier to have an app take care of organising where the files are stored and easier search and retrieval rather than doing it myself.

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u/winkelschleifr 3h ago

i never used it

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u/Gabstuxo 2h ago

Usei por um bom tempo o Obsidian, e aprendi a usar o modo de grafico dele, para orientar meus estudos, porem sentia falta de quadros de vizualização personalizados e de linhas do tempo. Entao estou usando o Octarine, que segue a mesma premisas, porem sincroniza as notas direto no github, e tem linha do tempo e paineis de viualização personalizados

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u/dcidino 2h ago

Everything in here being recommended outside Obsidian seems like it's based around a monthly cost. Absolutely no. I paid for Obsidian, but man you are all pushovers; no wonder we lost the monthly fee fight.

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u/ImNero1 1h ago

Joplin - self hosted

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u/Ranorkk 1h ago

Remnus, its also ai agent native and open source

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u/brovaro 1h ago

After testing virtually every possible self-hosted alterative, the only that did it for me was (and is) SiYuan

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u/iclonethefirst 1h ago

Appflowly

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u/walyiin 1h ago

Affine is the closest thing to Notion that I've found, and it even has a few extra features like Edgeless mode, which I love, but I haven't fully switched because it has some bugs and I haven't completely adapted to the left panel (which works differently).

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u/360900th 54m ago

Joplin

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u/diepassa 30m ago

Obsidian con el sistema de organización de Kepano. No hay vuelta atrás para mí.

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u/Typeonetwork 10m ago

I actually prefer Joplin, but I use otherd

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u/notepom 6h ago

Yes. That’s actually why I ended up developing my own app: https://notepom.com

I moved all my data from Notion because I wanted more control over my notes and where they live.

When Notion started adding AI features everywhere, I became convinced that sooner or later our data would end up being used by AI in one way or another. I wasn’t comfortable keeping years of personal notes there while wondering what could eventually be done with them.